(Closed) Tell Me What You Think of Our Overall Vision? (SUPER pic heavy

• coachhw
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: July 2016

We are getting married on July 9, 2016. We are planning a church ceremony in a historic chapel and a mixed indoor/outdoor reception at a nearby historic home. We’re both major history buffs, and since we’re marrying in our home county, both venues will be familiar landmarks we’ve grown up with.

Ideal Ceremony Venue:

Reception Venue Options: 

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We’ve picked a color palette of lavender/lilac and green tones like sage and mint, with creamy accents. 

We are tossing around the idea of a late morning ceremony (possibly 10) and a lovely vegetarian brunch reception with continental options for our “cocktail hour,” like bagels, pastries, juices, and fruit and cheese, and different stations for our meal, like a pancake station and omelette stations, as well as a breakfast buffet with biscuits/different jam options, grits, fried apples, hashbrown casserole, quiche, and really good, gourmet-chef-created meat alternatives. For dessert, we want our wedding cake plus a pie bar! I think we could ask our grandmothers and aunts to all bring a pie to the reception. That would really give the meal a special touch, to know that our relatives were involved in making the pies. We might cut out cake altogether, since I don’t really like cake, but my fiance likes it and I know our guests will. 

At both of our venues, I think we have to do all of the dancing outdoors. My fear about this is that it’s going to be BLAZING in mid-July, which is why we’re trying to do all of this early. Thankfully, neither side of our family is too into dancing, but we want to do the traditional dances. We are also going to have yard games for the kids and kids-at-heart! 

I have not really thought much about my dress yet, but I really like lace. I want all the guys in gray! 

I have lots of other little details in mind, but what do you all think of this overall vision? Will it be enjoyable for our guests? Is it quaint and quirky without being stupid? I am very into the whole rustic wedding thing, but I don’t want to go overboard with it. 

Thanks for reading, bees! 

• coachhw
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: July 2016

Thanks ladies!

How do you feel about this reception in July? Should I just find a space where we can move the whole thing indoors? I’m concerned about the heat.

• coachhw
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: July 2016

playdohpants:  I think those are all good ideas. There will also be seating indoors for guests that can’t stand the heat. We live in Tennessee, so not Georgia-level of heat, but it can be similar sometimes. Not quite as humid as Georgia. 

CurlyCue:  I’m hoping that with indoor seating and maybe a big tent over the outdoor seating and dance space, it will not be too uncomfortable. We’re going to offer water bottles and sodas in an antique wooden washtub with ice, and a juice/lemonade/tea bar. Since it’s so early in the day, we won’t be offering much alcohol except for champagne for our toasts. 

wanabeabee:  Haha, it’s a small world! Her photo was on Google when I typed in the venue name, I swear I didn’t take it off her Facebook or anything! 😀

• coachhw
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: July 2016

Now my next question…with as much as I have planned, do I need to hire a wedding planner? My mom wants me to hire one because I am in school in a different state for ten months out of the year, and I will be starting grad and completing grad school about a year before our wedding. Right now though, I am feeling good about planning on my own and considering just hiring a day-of coordinator.